Canada – National abortion pill shortage pinpoints access issues in Sask.

A temporary shortage of the sole available medication for a medical abortion has once again highlighted concerns about access in Sask.

Larissa Kurz
Dec 29, 2022

Saskatchewan sexual health advocates are reiterating concerns about abortion access, after weathering a recent Canada-wide supply shortage of Mifegymiso — known as the abortion pill — that affected the country throughout December.

Supply chains in Canada went on pause at the end of November, with a shortage of the medication declared the first week of December by manufacturer Linepharma.

Continued: https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/national-abortion-pill-shortage-pinpoints-access-issues-in-sask

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Canada – The abortion pill shortage is easing — but for some, access remains a struggle

By Rachel Gilmore, Global News
December 21, 2022

Abortion pills are slowly returning to some pharmacy shelves after a shortage that left Canadian women and people who can get pregnant across the country in a lurch for more than two weeks.

Linepharma, which manufactures mifepristone and misoprostol — the drugs sold together under the brand name Mifegymiso in Canada — has confirmed product is being shipped out to providers across the country.

Continued: https://globalnews.ca/news/9365017/abortion-pill-shortage-mifegymiso-canada/

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Canada has been facing an abortion pill shortage. Here’s what to know

By Rachel Gilmore Global News
Posted December 16

Canada has been facing a shortage of its supply of Mifegymiso, the two-drug combination commonly known as the abortion pill, according to the manufacturer of the medication — though supplies are expected to become available next week.

People who can get pregnant have been unable to access the abortion pill in some parts of the country for the last two weeks, according to a spokesperson representing the pharmaceutical company Linepharma.

Continued: https://globalnews.ca/news/9354358/abortion-pill-shortage-mifegymiso-canada-access/

Canada – Survey finds support for status quo on abortion access, but programs warn about challenges

Thia James
Oct 13, 2022

The latest Taking the Pulse survey in Saskatchewan found 32.7 per cent of respondents believe abortion access is “good the way it is,” while 27.8 per cent believe it should be easier to access. Another seven per cent said they believe abortions are “too easily accessed” and 11.8 per cent said they believe there should be no abortions.

Saskatoon Sexual Health executive director Caitlin Cottrell is open about the barriers she faced in the past when she had to get a medically necessary pharmacological abortion due to an anembryonic pregnancy, where a fertilized egg implants but no embryo develops.

Continued: https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/taking-the-pulse-survey-finds-support-for-status-quo-on-abortion-access-but-programs-warn-about-challenges

Canada – National survey of abortion care providers shows access has improved

UBC - SCIENCE, HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
Sep 27, 2022

Researchers from UBC’s department of obstetrics and gynaecology recently surveyed 465 healthcare professionals who provided abortion care in Canada in 2019—the first such survey in seven years.

A key development in the time between the two surveys was Canada’s approval of mifepristone—the gold standard abortion pill—in 2015.

Continued: https://news.ubc.ca/2022/09/27/national-survey-of-abortion-care-providers-shows-access-has-improved/

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Can Michiganders obtain abortion pills in Canada? Governor seeks clarification.

Jul. 07, 2022
By Danielle Salisbury

Furthering her efforts to secure comprehensive reproductive health care for Michiganders, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking for clarity on the rights of residents to cross the U.S. border to obtain care or prescription medication, including abortion pills.

Current rules on importing drugs, including those that may be used for medication abortion, are complex and not well-understood by the public, Whitmer wrote in a letter to the secretaries of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/07/can-michiganders-obtain-abortion-pills-in-canada-governor-seeks-clarification.html

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How will overturning Roe v. Wade affect abortion pill in Korea?

Kim Chan-hyuk
Published 2022.07.04

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe V. Wade ending the constitutional right to abortion on June 24, attention is on how the ruling will impact prescriptions of abortion-inducing medications.

Roe v. Wade was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 that recognized women’s “right to privacy” in the Fourteenth Amendment, which protected a pregnant woman’s right to an abortion until the fetus can survive on its own outside the womb.

Continued: http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=14052

04.07.2022

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Canada should focus on abortion access not legislation, advocates say

Canada has no legal restrictions on abortion but the US reversal of Roe v Wade has led to calls for pre-emptive action

Tracey Lindeman in Ottawa
Sun 3 Jul 2022

Abortion advocates are warning that the recent US supreme court ruling overturning Roe v Wade will empower anti-choice groups in Canada to push for restricted access, making a settled matter appear controversial in a country where nearly 80% of people are pro-choice.

A key anti-choice strategy in Canada revolves around enacting abortion legislation – an idea that has been gaining traction amid the fallout of the US court ruling. There is currently no abortion law in Canada, making it the only country in the world where the procedure is totally free of legal restrictions.

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(https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/03/canada-abortion-access-legislation)

03.07.2022

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Progressives failed Canadian women on the abortion pill

The struggle to get Canadian women a good non-surgical option for abortion received little attention for years

Jamie Sarkonak, National Post
Jun 30, 2022

Before 2017, nearly all Canadian women seeking abortions had to undergo surgery, while women elsewhere could choose medication to induce a miscarriage.

For decades, Canada didn’t have the “gold standard” abortion pill, mifepristone (also known as RU-486, or Mifegymiso). After being used in France for 30 years and the United States for 15, the abortion pill was finally approved in Canada in 2015 under Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, becoming available to the public in 2017. Among progressive politicians, only Thomas Mulcair’s New Democratic Party had pressed the issue. The Liberals did nothing. On the last major front for Canadian abortion rights, progressive politicians were largely silent.

Continued: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-sarkonak-progressives-failed-canadian-women-on-the-abortion-pill

30.06.2022

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Canada – Access to abortion pills in Quebec too difficult, doctors say

Mandatory training for physicians reduces access to medical abortions, critics say

Antoni Nerestant · CBC News
Jun 30, 2022

Quebecers looking to terminate their pregnancy can do so by way of medication, but experts say the rules in the province around access to the abortion pill are too restrictive, and they want the option to be more widely available.

Access to the pill is more strictly controlled in Quebec than in the rest of Canada, with physicians in the province required to have a certain level of training for medical abortions before accompanying a patient through the process.

Continued: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/abortion-pill-medical-procedure-college-physicians-1.6505665

30.06.2022